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Subj: Bill Of Attainder Project
Date: Fri, Aug 8, 1997 1:33 PM EDT
From: t...@ISC-DURANT.COM (Tom Saunders)
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BILL OF ATTAINDER PROJECT
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"We the people are the rightful masters of Congress and =
the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow men =
who pervert the Constitution." =
Abraham Lincoln
I got this quote from Cyndee Parker of the Georgia =
effort to repeal the fingerprint law. I have gotten a number of
bits of information from them I have found very useful. Although
this quote may have originally come from James Ruggles,
Lincoln deserves the quote, and the credit for understanding what
it means and where it came from. It was James Madison who
is quoted:
"Do not separate text from historical background. If you
do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution,
which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of
illegitimate government."
Nothing in our society portrays this point better than the =
bill of attainder issue. The "bastardized form of illegitimate
government" Lincoln and Madison were talking about exists
today, now. This tyranny has made Americans "subjects" instead
of "citizens" It is exactly the tyranny we the people must
address to regain the power of the people our ancestors asked us
to preserve. A people without the right to own private property
over the right of the government to take it are not citizens. =
Americans do not understand this, most of them do not =
know they no longer have the right to their own property. =
It was Samuel Adams who said,
"Now what liberty is this when property can be taken
without permission."
The government not only has over 300 laws which permit
them to confiscate property, they are doing it with no regard for
guaranteed Constitutional rights. America has legislatures who
not only have no regard or knowledge of bills of attainder, they
no longer make laws which respects their restriction on passing
ex-post facto laws. Bills of attainder are more than one thing
and harder to understand than ex-post facto laws. The fact that
both states and the federal governments are passing these laws,
and the courts are enforcing them, shows there is no regard in
our government for the preservation of individual rights, or
private property.
The Bill Of Attainder Project is dedicated to having the
phrase, "bill of attainder" defined in the law as: "A law or legal
device which outlaws people, suspends their civil rights,
confiscates their property, punishes or puts people to death
without a trial." =
By establishing this definition in the law, the people
are restored in their right to private property. The Congress,
the government, and the people would restore the Constitution's
purpose to preserve individual liberty. The Congress, the
government, and the people, together would understand that the
law is not to be used to plunder American life, liberty, and
property. =
Most people would agree that the law should not be used
to plunder life, liberty, and property. Most do not realize the
104th Congress seemed to be dedicated to using the law to
plunder. Did they bastardize the Constitution?
I started the Bill of Attainder Project after doing a study
through the U.S. Commission On Civil Rights, (CC#93-1-1037),
with cooperation from the Justice Department. My purpose was
to see how, "bill of attainder" was defined in the law. Robert
Sharpe, who headed the Asset Forfeiture program sent me the =
United States Code concerning bills of attainder. The law does
not define the phrase bills of attainder. It has excerpts under the
heading of definitions, but none of these defines the phrase. =
Congress cannot protect you from a "thing" it cannot define. =
Worse, these passages which are presented as definitions =
were placed into the information the Justice Department sent me,
by publishers. Not the courts, judges or lawyers, or the Congress
which should be responsible, it was publishers. There is no
historical basis for any of these definitions that our entire legal
system uses to define (describe), "bill of attainder." Americans
have been cheated of their individual liberty, their right to
private property, and their right to be protected from laws that
plunder, because they have no clear right to be protected from
bills of attainder. =
Political activists who have looked into the eyes of
"yellow dog" Democrats know there is no more powerful
political tool for liberty, than to look into the eyes of a politician
and explain to him what a bill of attainder is. They have to
explain why Americans are no longer "citizens" and they have to =
confront the fact that Americans no longer have the right to
private property. =
I urge political activists, and political organizations to =
confront legislators with these facts. By presenting the bill of
attainder issue into the political arena we can actually restore
America back to Americans. We can end ex-post facto laws.
Ex-post facto laws are bills of attainder because they suspend our
civil right to be protected from the tyranny of plunder that ex-
post facto laws, and bills of attainder cause. Please help us let
legislators and politicians address this issue.
For further information: t...@isc-durant.com =
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=46rom The Los Angeles Free Press =
Dreamworks Payoffs
Threaten Wetlands
The facts support the contention that millions of dollars in payoffs to e=
nvironmental groups and important =
politicos have put DreamWorks SKG and Maguire Thomas Partners on the fast=
track toward building the =
largest development in the history of Los Angeles in an ecologically frag=
ile area, destroying the remaining =
Ballona Wetlands. DreamWorks SKG, the partnership between Steven Spielber=
g, David Geffen and Jeffrey =
Katzenberg, intends to build its studio at the site and is a one-third pa=
rtner in the entire master plan project =
with Maguire Thomas Partners, the developer of Playa Vista. =
Even though the project's safety and environmental soundness are in dispu=
te, it is relevant that Messrs. =
Geffen, Spielberg and Katzenberg are the 13th, 19th and 51st largest indi=
vidual political contributors in the =
United States according to Mother Jones magazine. President Clinton has t=
raveled 3000 miles on numerous =
occasions to attend fundraisers hosted by Spielberg and Geffen. The Clint=
on administration has been very =
friendly toward Playa Vista/DreamWorks, as have Senator Barbara Boxer, Ma=
yor Richard Riordan, =
Supervisor Deane Dana and Governor Pete Wilson. =
While the contributions to political campaigns and converted opponents fr=
om DreamWorks and Maguire =
Thomas Partners are impressive, the largest contribution will be made fro=
m the taxpayers to the developers. =
Between $100-$200 million dollars of tax funds and incentives will flow t=
o Playa Vista/DreamWorks which =
will result in reduced services to ordinary citizens, a larger burden on =
the taxpayers, or a combination of the =
two. =
Traveling on Lincoln Boulevard between Westchester and Marina del Rey, dr=
ivers rush through a large =
stretch of open space such that is seldom seen in Los Angeles. Due to the=
45-mile-per-hour speed limit and =
the lack of competing traffic, motorists usually breeze through so quickl=
y that they fail to take in the =
immense natural landscape that surrounds them. These are the Ballona Wetl=
ands. =
Once a lush 2100-acre wetland that covered what is now Playa del Rey, Mar=
ina del Rey and the southern half =
of Venice, the Ballona Wetlands were a thriving ecosystem with a direct o=
utlet to the Pacific Ocean. Pods of =
whales migrated there and calved in its lagoon. The remaining 1,087-acres=
of this once vast ecosystem =
stretches for three miles from the San Diego Freeway to the Pacific Ocean=
=2E =
Although the State of California has destroyed over 95% of its wetlands, =
this is the proposed site of the =
massive Playa Vista development. =
The development would include 20 million square feet of office, commercia=
l and residential space. Other =
features of the Playa Vista/DreamWorks development are: =
13,000 residential units resulting in approximately 30,000 new residents,=
more than the =
population of Hermosa Beach.
20,000 workers daily commuting to and from the area.
Heliports to facilitate the daily transport of DreamWorks personnel via h=
elicopter to and from its =
animation studio in Glendale.
The population density will be five times that of the surrounding communi=
ty and will consist of =
buildings 9 to 12 stories tall, reaching at least 100 feet in height.
Creation of 200,000 new car trips per day through the area, more than all=
current daily car trips to =
and from the Los Angeles International Airport. This will double the curr=
ent traffic on Lincoln =
Boulevard from Westchester to the 90 Freeway, increase it by 50% further =
north and eliminate =
on-street parking from the Santa Monica border to LAX, negatively affecti=
ng business and =
residential parking in adjacent neighborhoods.
Creation of 10 tons (20,000 pounds) of new smog per day, making Playa Vis=
ta/DreamWorks the =
fourth largest single polluter in all of Los Angeles.
The site is soft marshland with a very high water table and has seven ear=
thquake faultlines that run beneath =
it, creating the danger of liquefaction in the event of an earthquake. In=
addition to extensive loss of life and =
property damage, potential consequences are the devastating financial imp=
act on local, state and federal =
governments and the siphoning off of emergency services from the surround=
ing communities. =
The soil and groundwater on the site contain, among other things, gasolin=
e, volatile organic components, =
pesticides and metals "above levels deemed acceptable by state agencies" =
according to an environmental =
impact review. Some of the buildings, remnants of Howard Hughes' aircraft=
construction facility, have been =
found to contain asbestos. Underneath the proposed DreamWorks studio site=
is a large toxic groundwater =
plume containing benzene and hydrocarbons. =
Nevertheless, Playa Vista/DreamWorks has widespread support among politic=
ians ranging from City =
Councilwoman Ruth Galanter to President Bill Clinton. =
One of the project's most faithful longtime supporters, Assemblywoman Deb=
ra Bowen describes herself as =
an environmentalist and campaign finance reformer. Far from embarrassed b=
y generous campaign =
contributions from Playa Vista/DreamWorks, Bowen attended a fundraiser fo=
r her benefit hosted by the =
developers on July 9, 1996, at the site itself. =
Only State Senator Tom Hayden and City Councilman Nate Holden have spoken=
out against the project. =
The largesse of the developers is not limited to political campaigns. Pot=
ential and former opponents to the =
project also have fattened their bank accounts. The National Audobon Soci=
ety has received at least $50,000 =
and supports the development, even though the Ballona Wetlands are a rest=
stop on the Pacific Flyway. The =
loss of open space on which migratory birds are able to land could possib=
ly cause the deaths of millions of =
birds. Heal the Bay received $7,000 from the Geffen Foundation. Although =
the area is an integral part of the =
Santa Monica Bay ecosystem, Heal the Bay has refused to oppose the projec=
t. The American Oceans =
Campaign has remained conspicuously silent on the issue. Its founder, Ted=
Danson, and his wife, Mary =
Steenburgen, star in a sitcom produced by DreamWorks. =
The largest beneficiary is the Friends of the Ballona Wetlands, which set=
tled a private lawsuit against Playa =
Vista in 1990 for $12.5 million to be used for "restoration" of approxima=
tely 200 acres, conditional on the =
success of the complete development approval of the entire project. Howev=
er, it is open to question whether =
the flora and fauna could survive alongside this massive development with=
its attendant air, noise and =
water pollution. =
Once one of the most vocal opponents of the development, Friends founder =
Ruth Lansford recently posed =
for photographers, grinning and aiming a shovel at the earth, alongside o=
ne of the developers and City =
Councilwoman Ruth Galanter at a groundbreaking ceremony. The Friends have=
attacked opponents of the =
development, going so far as suing Save Ballona Wetlands, a group opposin=
g the project, for alleged name =
infringement. Letters to the editor written in opposition to Playa Vista/=
DreamWorks are often countered by =
Lansford's attorney. =
Mitigation for the negative impact, such as increased traffic, on surroun=
ding neighborhoods and the $12.5 =
settlement of the lawsuit filed by the Friends of the Ballona Wetlands wi=
ll be financed by Mello-Roos bonds =
underwritten by the city of Los Angeles. If the project, which has histo=
rically been financially plagued, goes =
into default, the taxpayers will be forced to foot the bill for the maint=
enance of roads, sewers and pipelines. =
Hanging in the balance amid all this wheeling and dealing are the current=
residents of the Ballona Wetlands =
which include 129 species of birds, 25 species of fish, 19 mammals, and h=
undreds of species of amphibians, =
reptiles, insects and plants. In the freshwater pond areas are cattails, =
reeds, geese, ducks, egrets, herons, =
crayfish and frogs. The uplands contain sagebrush, coyote brush, wildflow=
ers, herbs, lizards, rabbits, =
opossums, owls, falcons and hawks. =
Forty-five percent of the nation's endangered species depend on coastal h=
abitat. The southern saltmarsh =
shrew, a California "Mammal Species of Special Concern" and California "S=
pecial Animal" and a federal =
candidate for Category 2 threatened or endangered status, can be found in=
Ballona's pickleweed saltmarsh, =
saltflats and mudflats, along with the western harvest mouse, California =
vole and raccoon. These mammals =
also appear along with the California kingsnake and gopher snake in the s=
outhern willow scrub and coastal =
freshwater marsh. The coastal dunes contain side-blotched lizards, fence =
lizards and the silvery legless =
lizard, a Los Angeles city-listed sensitive species. Other residents of t=
he saltmarsh are the endangered Least =
Tern and Belding's Savannah Sparrow. =
The Ballona Wetlands are hunting grounds for predatory birds including th=
e loggerhead shrike, burrowing =
owl, American kestrel, red-tailed and red-shouldered hawks, peregrine fal=
con, barn and great-horned owls, =
northern harrier and the majestic great blue heron. =
The once chaotic natural green landscape now contains a gigantic brown bl=
otch of overturned earth =
efficiently arranged into straight lines and trapezoidal piles which no l=
onger contain life. A dead kingsnake =
dangles from the blade of a bulldozer at the end of the day's work. =
Even though bulldozing has begun in the name of progress, it can be stopp=
ed if more citizens learn about =
this issue and join in the fight against Playa Vista/DreamWorks. To conta=
ct the coalition of 60 =
environmental groups who want to save all the Ballona Wetlands, call (310=
) 456-1700. =
-- Frances Longmire and Bruce Robertson
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JFK Hit Explanation # 2,762,823 (and one of the best, I might add.)
JFK was a national security hit------organized from the nuclear national =
security guys in Oak Ridge------major hint Look up Jack Ruby's high schoo=
l mate------a Mr. Ray Tucker that was the nuclear national security dude =
in Oak Ridge that set it up. JFK was going to end the cold war and put =
Oak Ridge out of business-----the is a law that says any and all measures=
can be used to insure the production of nuclear weapons. LBJ signed the=
papers to cover it up as a national security issues---based on that litt=
le law.
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Date: Sat, Aug 9, 1997 12:04 AM EDT
X-From: cl...@igc.apc.org (Mike Rhodes)
Labor Alerts/Labor News
a service of Campaign for Labor Rights
1247 "E" Street SE, Washington, DC 20003
c...@igc.apc.org (541) 344-5410 http://www.compugraph.com/clr
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Action Update: Disney/Nike Contractor Leaves Haiti for China
=
[Information in this alert was provided by the National Labor =
Committee, 275 Seventh Ave., 15th fl., New York, NY 10001; Tel: (212) =
242-3002; Fax: (212) 242-3821.]
=
Summary:
=
H.H. Cutler is planning to pull production out of Haiti to relocate to =
China. More than 2,000 badly needed jobs in Haiti could be lost. =
Contract work in the United States will also be slashed, costing U.S. =
jobs. We cannot allow this to happen.
=
Background:
=
H.H. Cutler (a division of VF Corporation, one of the world's largest =
apparel companies) has sewn clothing in Haiti for the last several =
years under contract with the Walt Disney Company and Nike. H.H. =
Cutler now says that, at the height of the busy season in September, =
it will pull production out of Haiti and relocate most of the work to
Asia (China, Indonesia, Pakistan and the Philippines). Wages there =
are even lower than in Haiti and their operations will not be bothered =
by human rights and religious organizations monitoring plant =
conditions, nor by labor unions.
=
Just six months ago, H.H. Cutler had subcontracts with ten assembly =
plants in Haiti, where more than 2,300 workers sewed clothing for =
export to the U.S. If H.H. Cutler is allowed to cut and run from =
Haiti, these desperately needed jobs will be lost. =
=
Until we can pressure H.H. Cutler to clarify which of its U.S. =
contractors will be severed, we have no idea how many jobs will be =
lost in the United States. At present 75% of H.H. Cutler's production =
is already offshore. Over the last several years, H.H. Cutler has =
slashed its direct employment in the U.S. by 75%, laying off 2,550 =
employees.
=
According to a July 9, 1997, article in the Grand Rapids Press, H.H. =
Cutler closed its Grand Rapids, Michigan, plants (where workers made =
an average of $6.50 per hour) a few years ago to move to Haiti (where =
sewers earn an average of $0.30 per hour) and will now contract its =
garments in China (where sewers earn $0.13 per hour).
=
The National Labor Committee is working with Batay Ouvriye, the =
Haitian workers' organization, and the Washington Office on Haiti to =
alert the Haitian people and to plan a joint campaign to keep these =
jobs in Haiti. Before we can even alert the U.S. workers who are also =
about to lose their jobs, we must first pressure Cutler to release the =
current list of contractors they intend to let go.
=
H.H. Cutler says it is pulling out of Haiti and the U.S. because of a =
downturn in sales. However, H.H. Cutler's sales figures for this year =
are no different from last year's during this same period. Even if it =
is likely that there has been a slight decline in the market for =
Disney clothing based on poorer movie performance, this would not =
necessitate massive relocation out of Haiti and the U.S. At most, =
there would be a slight dip in production.
=
Action suggested:
=
Write, fax, call and send delegations to Disney and H.H. Cutler urging =
them not to pull out of Haiti and the U.S. They cannot be allowed to =
just cut and run. If Disney and Cutler go ahead with their plans to =
pull out of Haiti and the United States, the National Labor Committee =
promises that they will make themselves targets of the October 4th =
National Day of Conscience and the Holiday of Conscience. =
=
Sample letter to H.H. Cutler:
=
Tom Austin, President
H.H. Cutler
120 Iona Avenue, SW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503-4115
Fax: (616)459-2135
=
Dear Mr. Austin:
=
I urge you not to pull your contract production from Haiti or the U.S. =
Thousands of desperately needed jobs are at stake. Cutting and =
running is the wrong thing to do. These Haitian and U.S. workers who =
have for years produced goods for H.H. Cutler deserve better treatment =
than this. Human rights and human values should be every bit as =
important for a corporation as the bottom line. =
=
I want to work with you to keep these jobs in Haiti and the U.S. This =
means a great deal to me. Please advise me of what corrective actions =
you intend to take. =
=
Sincerely,
=
Your name
=
Sample letter to the Walt Disney Company:
=
Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521
Fax: (818) 846-7319
e-mail: <eis...@disney.com>
Dear Mr. Eisner:
=
I urge you not to allow the production of Disney garments to be pulled =
from Haiti and the U.S. by your licensee and longstanding contractor, =
H.H. Cutler. Thousands of desperately needed jobs are at stake. =
These workers who have sewn Disney garments for years deserve better =
treatment than this. Human rights and human values should be every =
bit as important to a corporation as its bottom line.
=
The Walt Disney company has a tremendous power to influence where H.H. =
Cutler produces Disney clothing. I urge you to use this power to stop =
H.H. Cutler from cutting and running, which would have a devastating =
effect in Haiti and in the U.S. If H.H. Cutler refuses to keep =
production of Disney garments in Haiti and the U.S., I request that =
you sever relations with them and find another contractor who will.
=
This means a great deal to me. It is something I intend to follow up =
on. I want to work with Disney to keep these jobs in Haiti and the =
U.S.
=
Please advise me of what you are doing to help protect the livelihood =
of these workers and their families. Thank you. =
=
Sincerely,
=
Your name
=
For more information about this campaign and to obtain brochures on =
the National Day of Conscience as well as petitions, contact Maggie =
Poe at the National Labor Committee, 275 Seventh Ave., 15th fl., New =
York, NY 10001; Tel: (212) 242-3002; Fax: (212) 242-3821. =
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CAMPAIGN FOR LABOR RIGHTS memberships: Send $35.00 to CLR, 1247 "E" =
Street SE, Washington, DC 20003. For a sample copy of our newsletter, =
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Smoking Marijuana May Have Health Effects, Panel Reports
=46rom Reuters
WASHINGTON - Evidence shows that smoking marijuana can have healthy
effects and further studies should be made into its medical value, says
a report to the National Institutes of Health released Friday.
The report was cautiously written, stressing the largely anecdotal
nature of the evidence, but it provided some encouragement for groups
campaigning for the plant, which is banned as a drug, to be legalized
for medical purposes.
The NIH said in an accompanying statement that it was prepared to fund
research into the subject.
The study said the eight private doctors and nurses on the committee
that made the report had "varying degrees of enthusiam" about whether or
not to pursue marijuana for use in a number of cases, including
glaucoma, nausea during cancer treatment, pain, poor appetite and
neurological disorders.
But it quoted the conclusion of professor William Beaver of Georgetown
University that "for at least some potential indications marijuana looks
promising enough to recommend that there be new controlled studies done.
Under U.S. law, marijuana is illegal and has no approved clinical use. =
But a debate about its potential medicinal use has grown since November,
when voters in Arizona and California approved initiatives making it
available to patients.
The Clinton administration says it will penalize doctors who incorporate
marijuana into their practices.
The report said a key issue was whether smoked marijuana "offers
therapeutic advantages over the currently available oral form of its
most active ingredient, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinal (known as THC), for
a wide variety of conditions."
It noted that the effects of receiving THC from smoking marijuana
differed from those when it is taken orally and that "there may anyway
be other compounds in the leaf that have useful therapeutic
properties." The group said adverse effects of smoking marijuana must
be taken into account.
The report drew immediate fire from critics who consider the campaign
for authorizing marijuana use for health purposes a trick to legalize it
as a drug.
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Subj: WHY DOGS DON'T USE COMPUTERS
Date: Sun, Aug 10, 1997 6:31 PM EDT
From: Scott Rose
WHY DOGS DON'T USE COMPUTERS
20. Can't stick their heads out of Windows '95. =
=
19. Fetch command not available on all platforms. =
=
18. Hard to read the monitor with your head cocked to one side. =
=
17. Too difficult to "mark" every website they visit. =
=
16. Can't help attacking the screen when they hear "You've Got =
Mail." =
=
15. Fire hydrant icon simply frustrating. =
=
14. Involuntary tail wagging is dead giveaway they're browsing =
www.pethouse.com instead of working. =
=
13. Keep bruising noses trying to catch that MPEG frisbee. =
=
12. Not at all fooled by Chuckwagon Screen Saver. =
=
11. Still trying to come up with an "emoticon" that signifies =
tail-wagging. =
=
10. Oh, but they WILL... with the introduction of the Microsoft =
Opposable Thumb. =
=
9. Three words: Carpal Paw Syndrome =
=
8. 'Cause dogs ain't GEEKS! Now, cats, on the other hand... =
=
7. Barking in next cube keeps activating YOUR voice recognition =
software. =
=
6. SmellU-SmellMe still in beta test. =
=
5. SIT and STAY were hard enough, GREP and AWK are out of the =
question! =
=
4. Saliva-coated mouse gets mighty difficult to maneuver. =
=
3. Annoyed by lack of newsgroup, alt.pictures.master's.leg. =
=
2. Butt-sniffing more direct and less deceiving than online chat =
rooms. =
=
and the Number 1 Reason Dogs Don't Use Computers... =
=
1. TrO{gO DsA[M,bN HyAqR4tDc TgrOo TgYPmE WeIjTyH P;AzWqS,.
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Scott Rose
Scott's Software Solutions
Your Mac Experts Since 1992
(213) 954-1978 phone
(213) 954-1525 fax
http://www.scottworld.com
"Never ask a man what sort of computer he drives. If it's a Mac, he'll
tell you. If not, why embarrass him?" =
-- Tom Clancy
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Subj: Free Web Paperless Books[tm] Open New Market for Authors & Adverti=
sers
Date: Mon, Aug 11, 1997 1:01 AM EDT
From: jn...@pulpless.com (J. Neil Schulman)
To friends of J. Neil Schulman and associates lists:
If you'll kindly indulge me one more time, here is the press release I ju=
st
sent out today, formally announcing my new marketing plan for paperless b=
ooks.
Let me emphasize that this is not, in my view, merely a commercial ventur=
e,
but an all-out, go-for-broke attempt to release many fine writers from th=
e
career spiral many of us have found ourselves in since the trivializing o=
f
the book publishing industry.
If you check, you'll find that book publishers, bookstore chains, movie
studios, video chains, newspapers & magazines, and much of the Internet i=
s
already in the control of a few huge conglomerates. I'm not arguing
conspiracy, merely the homogenizing of our entertainment, information, an=
d
literary industries.
It's time to create a new market for literary liberty -- and this is my
attempt to do it.
Neil
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Acknowledged as father of the paperless book by articles in the Wall Stre=
et
Journal, Esquire, PC-Computing, Byte, and the New York Times Cybertimes, =
J.
Neil Schulman today announced what will be the next phase in web book
publishing: giving away free downloads of new and bestselling books by ma=
jor
authors. =
Like TV and radio programs, and alternative free weeklies, the revenue fr=
om
distribution of these books will come not directly from the consumers, bu=
t
by advertisements carried within the books to be downloaded.
After establishing a reputation for himself as a successful novelist and
screenwriter, in 1987 Schulman founded SoftServ Publishing, which through=
1994 made books by authors such as Harlan Ellison and Robert Silverberg
available for download on GEnie and on SoftServ's own dial-up bbs. =
Since 1996 Schulman has operated the Pulpless.Com website at
http://www.pulpless.com, which carries titles by himself, by megabestsell=
er
Piers Anthony, and by Victor Koman, whose novel Kings of the High Frontie=
r,
published only on the Pulpless.Com website, has already received highly
favorable reviews from Charles de Lint in Fantasy & Science Fiction and
Jerry Pournelle's column in Byte.
"Now that Pulpless.Com has demonstrated that we can move thousands of
downloaded books
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d
computers like the Newton Messagepad and Toshiba Libretto making paperles=
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books comfortable to read, the only thing we've been looking for is a way=
to
make this whole business profitable. If we charge readers' credit cards f=
or
the downloads, the pipeline clogs up. So we've decided to make the books
free -- and charge sponsors for advertising."
Authors licensing their books for web downloading will share advertising
revenue with Pulpless.Com in the same way that Pulpless.Com's current
authors share sales revenue.
Advertising in Pulpless.Com's books won't just be the click-through banne=
rs
already popular on the web, but will include full-page graphic ads and
eventually animated commercials. "By offering literary works by establish=
ed
authors as a new advertising medium, we're offering corporations a way to=
support the literary arts at the same time they enhance their institution=
al
image. If Texaco can sponsor the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, and print=
ads can finance the program books for symphony orchestras and Broadway
shows, why shouldn't readers get free books paid for by advertising?"
Full information on advertising in paperless books is available on the
Pulpless.Com web site at http://www.pulpless.com/advertis/. J. Neil
Schulman's personal website at
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Subj: Beyond Boundaries Update
Date: Tue, Aug 12, 1997 9:55 AM EDT
From: jmu...@onramp.net (Beyond Boundaries)
So you have not heard from Beyond Boundaries lately? We have been in Pue=
rto
Rico researching the alleged UFO crash on May 5th, the underground base i=
n
El Yunque, the role of the Navy Seals in dimensional portals throughout t=
he
world, and the pinkish colored ET killed with a rock by a forest ranger
recently - spent 16 days there. =
Then we went to the UFO Daze celebration in the northern Wisconsin woods =
to
present our slideshow and have just returned in the last two days from th=
e
cropcircles of Wiltshire, England, and from researching the latest UFO
events in Bonnybridge and the West Lothian Triangle in Scotland. The ful=
l
story of PR is in our Issue 6 newsletter and the cropcircles photos will
appear in Issue 7 publication. Next we are off to the Northeastern stat=
es
to share expedition findings and then to British Columbia and Washington
State. =
Check out http://www.sightings.com/ and go into the archives to hear our =
3
hour radio broadcasts with Jeff Rense in each location of the world. Joy=
ce
is working as roving correspondent now for Sightings on Radio throughout =
the
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If you would like to participate in this fastest growing international UF=
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Subj: Anthrax Outbreak in South Dakota -- Among Cows
From: eagl...@thumb.net(DAVE RYDEL)
>From: mlin...@clandjop.com (Martin Lindstedt)
>Subject: Anthrax Outbreak in South Dakota -- Among Cows
>Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 10:48:25 +0100
>
>The Souix Falls, South Dakota Argus Leader Thursday July 31, 1997
>
> Anthrax outbreak hits area
>
> 17 cattle reported dead in Hutchinson County; =
> spring flooding may be factor
>
> By Kevin Woster
> Argus Leader Staff
>
> Seventeen beef cows that died of anthrax this month in Hutchinson =
>County might be indirect victims of spring flooding.
>
> State Veterinarian Sam Holland on Wednesday urged livestock owners =
>across South Dakota to watch for animals that could be infected with =
>the rare disease, which can spread to humans. Spring flooding might =
>have exposed anthrax spores that can live indefinitely in contaminated =
>soil.
>
> "It just survives in the soil, possibly forever," Holland said. =
>"Then when you have topsoil washed away in a wet year or blown away in =
>a dry year, or with real close livestock grazing, you can have a =
>problem."
>
> Veternarians suspected a problem last week after cows in two small =
>herds near Dimock, about 15 miles south of Mitchell, died suddenly. =
>That's a characteristic of the quick-killing anthrax.
>
> Twelve of 18 animals died in one herd and five of 20 in another. =
>Both herds were near a small waterway that flooded last spring.
>
> Officials identified anthrax as the killer this week and quarantined =
>the remaining animals in the herds. Other animals in the area are =
>being vaccinated.
>
> The owners of the dead cows were ordered to burn and bury them. =
>Holland would not release their names. "They've got enough trouble =
>already," he said.
>
> Anthrax is a bacterial infection that spreads quickly through the =
>bloodstream and organs, often killing within a few hours. Grazing =
>animals, particularly cattle and sheep, are especially susceptible. =
>They generally ingest the potentially deadly spores while grazing.
>
> Humans can be infected if they inhale or ingest the spores. That =
>can lead to serious illness and possibly death, Holland said.
>
> But that would be rare, he said. Antibiotics can stop the disease. =
>The most common type of infection in humans is skin sores from =
>handling infected animals.
>
> Holland warned veternarians in April that the widespread flooding =
>could lead to anthrax outbreaks by late summer. He said Wednesday =
>they could still occur virtually anywhere in the state.
>
> "I don't want people to think it's isolated to just the Dimock =
>area," Holland said. "If they have suspicious sick animals or death =
>losses, they need to get a diagnosis right away. And any animals =
>that died from anthrax need to be burned and buried."
>
> "Livestock owners should contact their veternarians to discuss =
>possible vaccinations against the disease, Holland said.
>
> Cattle producer John Stiefvater of Salem was surprised to hear of =
>the outbreak. Although it's something to watch, livestock producers =
>shouldn't overreact, he said.
>
> Stiefvater said some problems in the past have started when carcass =
>burial sites from anthrax outbreaks decades ago were disturbed, =
>spreading the spores. But recent outbreaks have been contained before =
>they could get out of control, he said.
>
> "I wouldn't push the panic button. I'll just watch and see what =
>the veternarians say," he said. "They've got so many ways to control =
>it these days. In my memory, none of these have amounted to that =
>much."
>
> Anthrax last struck in South Dakota in 1993 and 1994. Turner County =
>had losses both years, Holland said, but it also was diagnosed in =
>Perkins County in northwest South Dakota and Roberts County in the far =
>northeast.
>
> Before antibiotics and vaccines, anthrax was a potentially =
>devastating threat to livestock producers that wiped out entire herds.
>
> "There were just disasterous losses," Holland said. "Some of the =
>old-time livestock producers will talk about seeing fires across the =
>countryside at night when farmers and ranchers were burning the =
>carcasses."
>
> There followed a period of intense vaccinations when the disease =
>became rare. Then people tended not to vaccinate for anthrax, leaving =
>livestock open to sporadic outbreaks, Holland said.
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> Anyone reading the above should ponder as to the relative ease in =
>acquiring the basic building blocks for biological terrorism.
> =
> The anthrax spores, like tuberculosis bacilli, can stay in soil =
>for years. Those cows got it perhaps merely by drinking run-off =
>water in which the spores, long dormant, had began to grow. Them =
>cows didn't go looking for anthrax, but it found them, and in an =
>area which had long been contained and free of an outbreak.
>
> The soil contains large enough quantities of anthrax spores =
>so that if a program of vaccination is not held to and if conditions =
>get wet enough to allow the spores to travel and grow, a disaster =
>could spread. And this is in the natural world. Before the white =
>man came with his cattle penned in one spot, anthrax probably spread =
>unchecked by anything other than a state of nature among the buffalo =
>herds which roamed the plains. On the other hand, the spores would have =
>been spread out, without major concentration of the disease. Hence the
>widespread nature of the spores. Anthrax would be unknown among the =
>Indian inhabitants because of a reluctance to eat carrion. The =
>scavengers like the coyote or buzzard would have a natural immunity =
>to anthrax, and thus could eat the carcasses without harm, thus =
>disposing of them naturally. After all, in "Dances With Wolves" =
>I never saw a segment with the Indians burying carrion in quicklime =
>or rousting out with arms of cottonwood logs to burn the carcasses.
>
> Also, notice the casual manner in which livestock growers treat =
>this pathogen. It is much the same as said growers have treated =
>the possible spread of mad cow disease or bovine spongiform =
>encephalitis. Their profits on a slim margin are more important =
>than the necessity of public health. Sell the cow quick, before it =
>drops. Such a mentality, akin to that of corporate hog-farmers, =
>shows how quickly a natural ecological and biological disaster is =
>possible by 'accident', sheer shortsightedness, as opposed to =
>design.
>
> Doubtless there are a number of farmers and ranchers who will =
>not thoroughly dispose of the carcasses, preferring to just bury =
>what is left and grow a crop the next year or so rather than raise =
>cattle on the contaminated land. With such carelessness, it would =
>be an easy thing for some determined soul to dig out a hunk of =
>diseased cow or to take a soil sample and get the basic building =
>blocks of biological terrorism.
>
>--Martin Lindstedt
>See The Modern Militiaman's Internet Gazette #7-97,
>Biological Warfare In Our Time on The Patriot Coalition WWW page
>
>http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/1076
>
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Subj: Well, its finally here!!!
Date: Mon, Aug 11, 1997 10:22 PM EDT
X-From: Kathy Kasten
The following is a message from Susan K. Abeles, Assistant Vice Chancello=
r,
Finance on Memorandum/UCLA letter head stationery:
=
August 7, 1997
Dear UCLA Faculty and Staff,
=
This fall marks the beginning of an era of increased convenience for all =
UCLA
faculty, staff and students. With the introduction of the new BruinCard,=
which will be issued to all members of the UCLA community during the 1997=
-98
school year, we are responding to requests to "make life easier" by
consolidating many previously uncoordinated functions into one versatile,=
"universal" card. (KK: who requested?)
=
: The BruinCard will function as the official UCLA ID for all faculty, st=
aff
and students. You will be notified in advance regarding times and locati=
ons
for having your new ID photo taken. We encourage you to "get carded" at =
your
earliest convenience; the sooner you have your new BruinCard, the sooner =
you
can begin to enjoy its many benefits. (Huh!)
=
: Your multi-purpose BruinCard will provide access to locations, events a=
nd
services across campus. It will function as the "key" to various rooms a=
nd
buildings, a library card, student union card, special event card . . . a=
nd
much more. (KK: It's the "much more" that sticks in my mind.)
=
: If you choose to activate the "Easy Pay" aspect of your card by making =
a
deposit into your personalized BruinCard account, your card can be used t=
o
make purchases. From books to food to football games, "Easy Pay" funds o=
n
your BruinCard will cover expenses as they occur -- so you don't have to =
carry
cash, run up a credit card, or pay finance fees or interest charges of an=
y
kind. (KK: got that! No fees! You mean there are people in the world w=
ho
want to give an individual something for nothing. Yeah?)
=
You will receive information about how to deposit funds into your BruinCa=
rd
account in the near future. We encourage you to take advantage of this
service. It's easy. It's convenient. And there are no service fees
associated with the use of the card. (KK: Geez! I wonder what the benef=
it is
to UCLA, no fees? Just people in charge of finance who want to make your=
life
easier. What enlightened people! What helpful, genereous people!)
=
We look forward to continuing to provide enhanced services to the campus
community. Thanks to the versatile new BruinCard, 1997-98 promises to be=
an
exciting year!
=
Warm regards,
Susan K. Abeles
Assistant Vice Chancellor
Finance
=
(KK: Let's remember that the new UCLA chancellor was a "consultant" to t=
he
Department of Defense. Gone are the open minded policies of Chuck Young
and his leadership of UCLA! Welcome the new regime and the "smart card."=
I
read on-line that 20 students at the University of Oregon were implanted =
with
microchips for research purposes. Question: if I don't want the card, do =
I
still have to get it, or will that mean that I arrive at my office door o=
ne
morning, and I will not be able to get in?)
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Subj: Children's Crusade
Date: Fri, Aug 8, 1997 11:49 PM EDT
From: fwa...@bruderhof.com
(per your invitation, here's an article from People's Tribune RE: =
Bruderhof Children's Crusade ) - we now expect 300-400 participants.
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People's Tribune (Online Edition)
Vol. 24 No. 8/ August, 1997
P.O. Box 3524, Chicago, IL 60654
Email: p...@noc.org
CHILDREN TO MARCH AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
By Chris Mahin
In August, the Bruderhof religious communities will sponsor a
"Children's Crusade to Death Row" to highlight opposition to the
death penalty and to inform the people of the United States about
the existence of political prisoners here.
About 100 children will participate in the three-day march. They
will leave the New Meadow Run Bruderhof community in Farmington,
Pennsylvania on the morning of August 18 and travel 30 miles to
SCI-Greene, the supermaximum-security state prison in southwestern
Pennsylvania where more than 100 men are held on Death Row. The
children -- accompanied by teachers, parents and other concerned
people -- will arrive at the prison by noon on August 20.
A brochure publicizing the march sums up the reason for the march
with a quote from eighth-grader Esther Beels. "We've been sitting
around too long," she declares. "We need to get active; this state
is going downhill rapidly. If we don't stop it, then we are also
guilty."
The march has been endorsed by a number of prominent people.
"In your march for life, for liberty, for social justice, you, the
children, have truly become leaders in a movement that badly needs
life's direction," political activist and former radio reporter
Mumia Abu-Jamal pointed out. Abu-Jamal was sentenced to death
after a trial marked by numerous irregularities. He is imprisoned
on Death Row at SCI-Greene.
"I applaud what you are doing," declared singer Pete Singer on
July 6.
"I hope that everyone who sees the children march for justice,
against the death penalty, will take the message to heart so that
they may live and love each other," added Ramsey Clark, the former
attorney general of the United States, on July 7.
Robert Dunham, the executive director of the Center for Legal
Education, Advocacy and Defense Assistance, and Robert Tabak, the
president of New York Lawyers Against the Death Penalty, have also
endorsed the march.
There are six Bruderhof religious communities located in the
eastern United States. The members share everything in common like
the early Christians did. The group has been very active in the
fight against the death penalty and in defense of imprisoned
journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal.
We urge our readers to support the Children's Crusade. At a time
when state legislators in California have discussed permitting the
execution of 13-year-olds, efforts like the Children's Crusade
should be welcomed and publicized widely.
For more information about the Children's Crusade, call 412-329-
8573 or contact Steve at stbl...@bruderhof.com.
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